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Ogcocephalidae
Batfish
Halieutaea stellata
Pointed tubercles and tiny spinules
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
MediumBatfish is known around Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in coastal waters, and the largest recorded length is 30 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Anglerfishes
- Family
- Ogcocephalidae
- Genus
- Halieutaea
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: widespread with confirmed range from Western Australia to French Polynesia and from southern Japan to northern New Zealand. Specimens recorded from the Indian Ocean may represent an undescribed species.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
